The Company:Our client is a global group of energy and petrochemicals companies with around 93,000 employees in more than 90 countries and territories. Their innovative approach ensures they are ready to help tackle the challenges of the new energy future.

The Role:The Procurement Specialist will work in Pernis and Moerdijk to supervise the C&P activities performed by our Engineering contractors, on a day to day basis and will report to the CP Lead in CP Projects.

Responsible for contracting materials and/or services. Develop supply chain and contract strategies with the business within the boundaries of the overarching Category Strategy set by the Category Manager. Tender and negotiate contracts, invite and evaluate bids. Clarify terms and conditions. Award contracts. Deliver Contract Management support to the Contract Holder. Must have minimal 5 years of professional CP experience, with a preference for large, global organizational experience. Experience with the subject Category/Market Sector. Experience with the European Tender process is a pré. Sound oral and written communication skills. Fluent in English. Ability to manage high workload involving multiple priorities, customers and vendors.

Essential Skills / Qualifications:Ability to work with minimal supervision in a virtual environment. Assertive in seeking information from various sources and in obtaining the best value. Good customer service skills and ability to interact with customers at all levels. Advanced PC skills (MS Word, MS Excel, MS Outlook) required. May lead and direct the work of others. Typically reports to a manager or head of a unit/department. Minimal education: Bachelor degree.

Desirable Skills / Qualifications:In addition the following requirements should also be considered when selecting a suitable incumbent: - Experience in working with an engineering contractor on a major project (> € 100 mln), over the full lifetime of a project (from Define/FEED until Execute/EPCM close out) - Experience in managing job hour reports (planned versus actual), identify potential overrun and propose remedial action - Work together with the Project Services Engineer to interpret Primavera project schedule and challenge this against planned manhours - Work together with the Project Services Engineer to manage the engineering cost against the Approved Contract Value (ACV). - Manage approved cost (for Service Contracts and Purchase Orders) against expected cost, to ensure timely approval of the Contracts Board. - Work together with the Engineering Contractor handling claims from Implementation Contractors and issuing order variations for agreed change of- or addition to the contract workscope. - Supervi